tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154645821104873971.post6068754421162968787..comments2013-11-13T13:59:39.783-08:00Comments on Brotherhood of the Common Life: Pope Francis: “Three Desires”: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth.Brother Of The Common Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736300358698850882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154645821104873971.post-67620896575870345022013-09-07T18:01:49.593-07:002013-09-07T18:01:49.593-07:00I have always felt that one of the post-concilliar...I have always felt that one of the post-concilliar changes -- or at least I am projected here -- is the toning down of the heroic, at least aspirationally. I agree whole-heartedly with the Holy Father that what is needed to attract young people is not a cultural "us-too" but something radically different -- a real call for them to be heroic. Whether it be seriously challenging themselves for a vocation, having a big family and rejecting the vapid materialism around them or living for Christ boldly *but also serenely -- these are things young people need. It is what Chesterton called the romance of orthodoxy -- it is never milquetoast to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, not a real one anyway.Paenitethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500069814810376849noreply@blogger.com